Instead, I rely on my keyboard’s media keys and NepTunes’ global hotkeys. I rarely use NepTunes’ mini-player widget, but it’s a nice way to quickly access common playback controls and enjoy album art. Album art can also be displayed in your Dock. There are two other simpler themes available too, and except for the Minimal theme, each comes in multiple sizes, can control volume by swiping vertically across the artwork, and opens the Music app with a double-click. The V1 widget theme offers the most functionality of the three that are available, with play/pause, forward and back, shuffle, loop, and like/dislike controls appearing when you hover over it. If you prefer, NepTunes offers a playback widget that can be set to float above your other windows.
In a nice touch, clicking on the track information in the menu bar acts as a play/pause button too. The Pro version of NepTunes allows you to add artist and track information to your menu bar, which completely eliminates the back and forth switching between whatever I’m doing and Music. NepTunes has been around longer than Looking Glass, recently being updated to version 2.0, followed by several updates in quick succession. Both apps live in your menu bar and offer different sets of features that will play a big part in which app will suit your needs best. The two third-party solutions I prefer are NepTunes and the recently-released Looking Glass music remote. That works well if you want simple playback controls and song information, but the functionality of Apple’s control is limited and requires a click to do anything. The simplest solution is to drag the Now Playing widget out of Control Center on your Mac and use it as a standalone menu bar item. Apple’s Control Center widget takes up limited space, but also doesn’t do much.įortunately, there are a lot of options depending on your needs.
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